I had the pleasure of spending several days in Uruguay, Montevideo to be
precise in the Fall of 1995. It was a very memorable few days, especially
one evening where all of the participants at the conference I attended were
taken down to the waterfront, to a giant indoor hall, that was filled with
various grills/bistro's. I imagine it is a place where the sailors and
longshore men eat when working on the pier; and it had been taken over for
us on this one evening.

The short order cooks, started barbecuing all manners of food, from whole
chickens, to chorizo sausages, to fish, and other exotic goodies like lamb
and pork chops, and various sweetbreads, a personal favourite was sheep
thymus (My apologies to anyone reading this over lunch!). The food just
kept coming and coming, it was truly wonderful, speaking as one who lives
to eat (vs eat to live).

Hopefully, I will be able to return to South America in the near future,
and once again enjoy your hospitality, wonderful food and wines!